Taylorville, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Taylorville, IL Summary

Crime in Taylorville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Taylorville over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Taylorville:

  • There were 142 total crimes committed in Taylorville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,396.1 total crimes per 100K people in Taylorville.
  • The overall crime rate in Taylorville is -34.12% below the national average.
  • Taylorville ranks #364 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Taylorville ranks #5,747 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Taylorville Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Taylorville is 1,396.1 per 100,000 people. That's -34.12% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.35% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Taylorville
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 142 1,396.1 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 19 186.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 21 206.5 289.2 359.0
Burglary 22 216.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 89 875.0 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 10 98.3 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 121 1,189.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Taylorville Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Taylorville

21
Violent Crimes
206.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-42.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 21 violent crimes in Taylorville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Taylorville is 206.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 484.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Taylorville each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -42.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.60% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Taylorville

121
Property Crimes
1,189.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 121 property crimes in Taylorville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Taylorville is 1,189.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 84.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Taylorville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.41% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -30.64% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Taylorville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Springfield, IL 111,965 6,508 5,812.5 4,911.4 901.2
Chatham, IL 14,562 87 597.4 494.4 103.0
Lincoln, IL 13,014 154 1,183.3 1,014.3 169.0
Middletown, KY 9,602 339 3,530.5 3,405.5 125.0
Greenville, IL 6,951 78 1,122.1 1,021.4 100.7
Clinton, IL 6,876 146 2,123.3 1,861.5 261.8
Mount Zion, IL 5,833 33 565.7 514.3 51.4
Carlinville, IL 5,480 181 3,302.9 2,865.0 438.0
Pana, IL 5,005 61 1,218.8 1,158.8 59.9

Taylorville SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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